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What's the dumbest thing you could sense and connect to the internet?

cstanton

At first, I thought "how about the internet of showers?" then realised monitoring of water consumption, moisture, bacteria levels, and general use was probably sensible.

 

Then I thought "what about shovels?" then I figured this is more like it, there's probably not a lot you could gain from connecting a capacitive sensor to a shovel, or detect soil humidity and acidity while you dig, or know you're digging into a pipe if you keep going, well, maybe I'm starting to actually convince myself it is sensible here.

 

This isn't working.

 

Someone convince me, what's the dumbest thing you could sense and connect to the internet? There's got to be something superfluous.

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  • Oh I have a great one.

     

    Monitoring bird strikes on my windows.

     

    When I open my curtains in the summer, birds can see the reflection of the trees and see through the house to the trees on the other side.

     

    Consequently I get several dead and an unknown number of stunned birds each summer.

     

    So in the interest in bird brain health, finding a way to detect and record the hits would benefit all bird kind.

     

    DAB

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  • Oh I have a great one.

     

    Monitoring bird strikes on my windows.

     

    When I open my curtains in the summer, birds can see the reflection of the trees and see through the house to the trees on the other side.

     

    Consequently I get several dead and an unknown number of stunned birds each summer.

     

    So in the interest in bird brain health, finding a way to detect and record the hits would benefit all bird kind.

     

    DAB

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